Bug #15506: _SESSION not being created

From: vivers@one.net Operating system: Linux RH7 PHP version: 4.1.1 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: _SESSION not being created The auto global _SESSION is not being created with session.auto_start on for my Linux Apache/PHP installation. It works however when running on my Win98 laptop using Apache and the PHP 4.1.1 binary from php.net. I ran this script on both platforms: <?php print '<pre>'; print_r(array_keys($GLOBALS)); print '</pre>'; ?> Win32 output: Array ( [0] => HTTP_POST_VARS [1] => _POST [2] => HTTP_GET_VARS [3] => _GET [4] => HTTP_COOKIE_VARS [5] => _COOKIE [6] => HTTP_SERVER_VARS [7] => _SERVER [8] => HTTP_ENV_VARS [9] => _ENV [10] => HTTP_POST_FILES [11] => _FILES [12] => _REQUEST [13] => HTTP_SESSION_VARS [14] => _SESSION [15] => GLOBALS ) Linux output: Array ( [0] => HTTP_POST_VARS [1] => _POST [2] => HTTP_GET_VARS [3] => _GET [4] => HTTP_COOKIE_VARS [5] => _COOKIE [6] => HTTP_SERVER_VARS [7] => _SERVER [8] => HTTP_ENV_VARS [9] => _ENV [10] => HTTP_POST_FILES [11] => _FILES [12] => _REQUEST [13] => GLOBALS ) I've verified that the php.ini files are identical (minus path differences). I have register_globals Off and transparent SID enabled. PHP 4.1.1 configuration: ./configure --enable-trans-sid --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-imap --with-imap-ssl=/usr/local/ssl --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl --with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos Apache 1.3.23 with mod_ssl PHP application in /usr/local/apache/zeus with appropriate VirtualHost and Directory directives in Apache httpd.conf /usr/local/apache/zeus contains this .htaccess file php_flag register_globals off php_flag short_open_tag off php_flag asp_tags off # allow_call_time_pass_reference has been deprecated but xml_set_object requires it php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference on php_flag session.use_trans_sid on php_value session.save_handler files php_value session.save_path /usr/local/apache/zeus/sessions php_flag session.auto_start on php_flag session.use_cookies off php_value session.name ZEUSSID php_value session.cookie_lifetime 0 php_value session.cookie_path / php_value session.cache_limiter nocache php_value session.serialize_handler php php_value include_path /usr/local/apache/zeus/php/xAPP;/usr/local/apache/zeus/php <Files app> Forcetype application/x-httpd-php </Files> I have AllowOverride set to All in the Apache conf file to allow all this to work. I have verified the permissions on the sessions directory. The owner of the directory is the Apache user. The sessions are being created but no data is being saved in them--$_SESSION is not available. My scripts are built on auto-start and using $_SESSION to keep things as simple as possible. I've tried removing the .htaccess file, using the default session config (from the distribution) and using explicit session_start() at the top of the page and still $_SESSION is not created (works on Win32 though). Added a bogus value to $_SESSION after session_start() does not work either--still 0 byte session files. Only creates a normal PHP hash called $_SESSION. It appears that the session module is not registering $_SESSION or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS as globals. Thanks, Vic Ivers -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15506&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15506&r=submittedtwice